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Political Institutions in Italy focuses on the most recent developments in Italian politics, particularly those of the last 10-15 years. The authors address a number of themes, paradoxes, and problems inherent in Italian politics, the first being the shifting balance between the central administration and the periphery. The second theme concerns the divide between governing parties and permanent oppositions, and the third relates to the mix of political discontinuity and instability with a simultaneous stability of political parties.
Finally, the book considers the relationship between the Italian domestic system and the international system. In particular, it examines the impact of the East-West international divide on Italian politics and the Italian party system, the relationship between Italy and Europe, and Italy's strong support of European integration. ... Read more

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The Lega Nord, one of the most important right-wing populist parties in Western Europe, is the focus of this well researched look into Italian regional politics. The author links the Lega Nord's rise to the socio-economic development of the north over the south in Italy and the political process which created a voting block in the south. This led the north of Italy to see "Rome" as a predatory entity, drawing resources and impeding progress in the north to support the south. The author examines this process and explores the implications it produces for the whole of Europe.
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History. Philip V. Cannistraro is Distinguished Professorof Italian American Studies at Queens College and the Graduate Centerof the City University of New York. ... Read more

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Donald Sassoon's book ranges from an analysis of Italy's post-war economic development through to an extensive examination of social issues. By systematically comparing Italy with other European countries he shows how modern Italy's needs have been met, thus providing a welcome and much-needed account of the development of a unique political system. ... Read more

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Professor Forsyth provides an important new interpretation of the crisis of democracy in Italy after World War I. He argues that liberal governments after 1918 failed to balance the conflicting claims of great power conflicts, social welfare, economic growth, and macroeconomic stability in a harsh economic environment. Postwar liberal leaders put stability ahead of the redistributive social policies that would have been necessary to secure broad electoral support: this failure led to parliamentary deadlock and Mussolini's seizure of power. ... Read more

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Italian fascism in a nutshell (167 pp.)
The perceived horror of Mussolini notwithstanding, Whittam seems to present a succinct yet highly instructive account of the arc of experience of Italian fascism, delivering a good sense of the many different groups vying for hegemony in the movement, with nicely realized, short, but incisive, descriptions-explanations of such groups, their origins and aims.Thus the reader quickly gains a sense of the continuing flux among the movement's elements (some often near-antithetical), with-- after early tentative moments -- Mussolini, the super-hero, in the center, juggling those roiling forces.Definitely a good introduction.

Chilling horror on the incredible life of Benito Mussolini
Very realistic. I think they hold nothing back to give you the full experience of the disturbed Benito Mussolini. Many andectodes that make you want to cry for the chillingly cold and brutal life this man led

Chilling horror on the incredible life of Benito Mussolini
Very realistic. I think they hold nothing back to give you the full experienfce of the disturbed Benito Mussolini. Many andectodes that make you want to cry for the chillingly cold and brutal life this man led ... Read more

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Modern Italy provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Italian politics and the development of public policy in Italy. Paul Furlong provides a detailed examination of how Italy's political institutions have developed since 1945 and how they now function. He explains Italian policy processes through the 1980s and considers in detail the way in which Italy's recent history has affected its path through political and economic development. ... Read more

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Jacob Burckhardt claimed that the state in Renaissance Italy became "a work of art". In this book, the authors illiminate the corollary: that art in Italy became a work of state. They study centres of power under three distinctive governments - a civic republic of the 14th century, a princely court of the 15th, and an absolutist state of the 16th. The authors argue that, no less than armies, laws and taxes, painted halls of state were strategic instruments, tactical weapons and technical machines of government. The three rooms examined here are Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Sala dei Nove in Siena (1338-40), Andrea Mantegna's Camera Picta in Mantua (1465-74), and Giorgio Vasari's Sala Grande in Florence (1563-71), where the wedding procession of Giovanna of Austria and Francesco de'Medici culminated in 1565. The authors investigate the rooms as monuments of public art transformed by fundamental changes in political regimes, artistic practices and cultural values. They posit that far from merely reflecting political messages, the art both constructed and contested ideology.It follows that instead of looking through art objects for the realities allegedly underlying them, the authors see the signs encoded in art as a kind of reality. The authors go beyond secure frontiers of history and art to a field of inquiry that locates the material of investigation in a shifting calculus of relations between images, texts and circumstances. They understand art as a form of power while charting the operations of power in the forms of art. ... Read more

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This textbook has been designed to provide students with an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the complexities of Italian politics during the 1990s.It will equip students with a sound understanding of the basics of Italian politics and government, and will provide clear and simple insights into the intricacies of Italian political behaviour.
The comprehensive coverage includes:
* an introduction to contemporary history, political geography and economic issues as well as Italian political values and attitudes.
* a section on political behaviour which explores political parties, interest groups and the electoral earthquakes of the 1990s.
* a section on government institutions and their roles, including discussion of the executive, the legislature, the judiciary and the subnational government.
* analysis of Italy's often stormy relationship with the European Union
* an exploration of recent events, such as attempts at institutional reform ... Read more

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A unique bibliographic and historiographic guide to the study of contemporary Italy, this book points to over 650 texts that have shaped the academic and scholarly study of postwar Italy. Following the introduction, which outlines the context within which the evolution of Italian studies should be viewed, the book is divided into two parts. Part I includes five historiographic chapters providing a detailed survey and analysis of works published in history, politics, government, the economy, and society. Part II is an annotated bibliographic guide to all of the texts pointed to in Part I. ... Read more

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While the historical significance of fascism and anti-fascism is still being hotly debated in Italy and across Europe, this anthology brings to light a wide range of voices--political, literary, and popular--that illuminate more than eighty years of fascism and anti-fascism in Italy. ... Read more

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This book explains the relationship between state and capital in Italy as well as some of the major directions in macroeconomic theory. ... Read more